Commercial Metals (CMC) Return on Sales [ROS] (2009 - 2026)
Commercial Metals (CMC) reported Return on Sales [ROS] of -72.50% for fiscal Q4 2026 (quarter ended Aug 31, 2026), down 0.22 percentage points from -72.28% a year earlier but up 1.57 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Commercial Metals (CMC) Return on Sales [ROS] (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2026 (ended Aug 31, 2026), Commercial Metals posted Return on Sales [ROS] of -73.78%, up 9.19 percentage points from FY2025.
- Return on Sales [ROS] has a five-year change of +1.85 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2026).
- By fiscal year, Return on Sales [ROS] came in at -82.97% in FY2025 (-8.14 pp), -74.84% in FY2024 (-8.18 pp), -66.66% in FY2023 (-4.48 pp) and -62.17% in FY2022 (+13.46 pp).
- Five-year quarterly Return on Sales [ROS] spans a low of -95.99% in fiscal Q1 2025 and a high of -55.02% in fiscal Q2 2022.
- Year over year, Return on Sales [ROS] gained in four of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.52 percentage points.
- The high point for year-over-year Return on Sales [ROS] in five years was fiscal Q1 2026 (a gain of 23.82 percentage points); the low point was fiscal Q1 2025 (a drop of 27.13 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three fiscal quarters before Q4 2026 came in at -74.07% (Q3 2026), -76.66% (Q2 2026) and -72.17% (Q1 2026).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROS (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nucor | 175.24 Bn | 165.01 Bn | 2.33 Bn | 16.60% |
| 2 | Rio Tinto | 166.15 Bn | 128.95 Bn | - | - |
| 3 | Southern Copper | 143.83 Bn | 118.64 Bn | 3.10 Bn | 59.94% |
| 4 | Rio Tinto | 137.31 Bn | 104.37 Bn | - | - |
| 5 | Newmont | 124.66 Bn | 89.98 Bn | 4.22 Bn | 16.03% |
| 6 | Ternium | 102.52 Bn | 75.29 Bn | 1.04 Bn | 12.44% |
| 7 | Agnico Eagle Mines | 95.19 Bn | 82.13 Bn | 2.15 Bn | 56.01% |
| 8 | Freeport-Mcmoran | 86.53 Bn | 83.18 Bn | 2.55 Bn | 31.18% |
| 9 | Barrick Mining | 66.50 Bn | 50.91 Bn | 2.71 Bn | 54.41% |
| 10 | Commercial Metals | 7.09 Bn | 6.32 Bn | 501.51 Mn | 10.04% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Aug 31, 2026 | 10.04% |
| May 31, 2026 | 9.22% |
| Feb 28, 2026 | 7.07% |
| Nov 30, 2025 | 9.80% |
| Aug 31, 2025 | 9.71% |
| May 31, 2025 | 5.96% |
| Feb 28, 2025 | 2.69% |
| Nov 30, 2024 | -11.52% |
| Aug 31, 2024 | 7.31% |
| May 31, 2024 | 8.30% |
| Feb 29, 2024 | 6.97% |
| Nov 30, 2023 | 11.80% |
| Aug 31, 2023 | 11.14% |
| May 31, 2023 | 13.60% |
| Feb 28, 2023 | 12.16% |
| Nov 30, 2022 | 15.78% |
| Aug 31, 2022 | 14.66% |
| May 31, 2022 | 16.63% |
| Feb 28, 2022 | -55.02% |
| Nov 30, 2021 | 13.77% |
API Access
Commercial Metals Return on Sales [ROS] API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-sales-%5Bros%5D&ticker=CMC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-sales-[ros]", "ticker": "CMC", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-sales-%5Bros%5D&ticker=CMC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();